speaking of learning about sex from wt publications - i learned what masturbation was at age 11 from the young people ask book! i probably would have held out at least a few more years before making the demons happy if not for that insightful book, lol. (on a side note - isn't the chapter on masturbation combined with the chapter about homosexuality? the two issues MUST be interlinked.) :)
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53Jesus tells kiddies not to play wih penis' or vulvas?
by lovelylil inon the thread about the pdf for the 2003 listening to the great teacher book, i posted about the arguement my hubby and i had over this book when it first came out.
i threw out the 2 copies my kids had and then regretted it because i think this book is very telling about the wt organization and the issue of pedophiles and child molestation.
i wanted to address what happened here too for discussion.. i am not good at copying over texts so perhaps someone else can post here pages 59-60 in this book where sexual content is explained in vivid detail using the terms penis and vulva.
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Federal Contracts...does anyone know what this is??
by SB ini came across this website but don't understand what it is.
anyone have an idea??.
http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?&parent_id=149124&sortby=u&datype=t&reptype=r&database=fpds&detail=0.
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I'm curious - what does the Department of Veteran Affairs have to do with Jehovah's Witnesses???
I love money trails. :)
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Federal Contracts...does anyone know what this is??
by SB ini came across this website but don't understand what it is.
anyone have an idea??.
http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?&parent_id=149124&sortby=u&datype=t&reptype=r&database=fpds&detail=0.
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Contracts to JEHOVAH S WITNESSES
(FY 2000-2007)Summary
Total dollars: $90,008
Total number of contractors: 1
Total number of transactions: 10
Get list of contractors
Get list of transactionsExtent of Competition
Full and open competition $0 Full and open competition, but only one bid $0 Competition after exclusion of sources $0 Follow-on contract $0 Not available for competition $90,008 Not competed $0 Unknown $0 Top 5 Known Congressional Districts where Work is Performed
Illinois 15 (Thomas W. Ewing / Timothy V. Johnson) $14,000 Top 5 Products or Services Sold
General Health Care Services $90,008 Top 5 Contracting Agencies Purchasing from Contractor(s)
VETERANS AFFAIRS, Department of $90,008 Top 10 Contractors
JEHOVAH S WITNESSES $90,008 Trend
*Note: FY 2007 only includes up through second and part of third quarter.2000 $14,000 2001 $20,000 2002 $27,000 2003 $29,008 2004 $0 2005 $0 2006 $0 2007 2Q * $0
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Federal Contracts...does anyone know what this is??
by SB ini came across this website but don't understand what it is.
anyone have an idea??.
http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?&parent_id=149124&sortby=u&datype=t&reptype=r&database=fpds&detail=0.
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I found contracts for JEHOVAH S WITNESSES
One of the contractors that was paid $30,000 was "Circle of Friends", in 2008.
My first thought was that it is a federal reporting system that tells people where an organization is spending/getting money????
Another clue that it's just another business, there is nothing divine about it.
SB
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Federal Contracts...does anyone know what this is??
by SB ini came across this website but don't understand what it is.
anyone have an idea??.
http://www.fedspending.org/fpds/fpds.php?&parent_id=149124&sortby=u&datype=t&reptype=r&database=fpds&detail=0.
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Hi,
I came across this website but don't understand what it is. anyone have an idea??
SB
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Marriage after Armageddon
by nemail ini've been a jw all my life and am thoroughly convinced this is the truth.
but there is one thing that i just don't understand.
many jw's believe that people who get resurrected in the new system will not get married.
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p.s.: you said: "Scientists estimate that mankind has learned 3% of what earth has to offer, and thats after 6000 years of human history". be careful how you reason on this: do scientists say there are only 6000 years of human history?
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Marriage after Armageddon
by nemail ini've been a jw all my life and am thoroughly convinced this is the truth.
but there is one thing that i just don't understand.
many jw's believe that people who get resurrected in the new system will not get married.
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Hi Nemail, I don't have an answer to your question, because I don't believe in the 1000 yr. reign of christ post armageddon anymore. sorry. welcome to the forum though. :) there are a lot of unanswered questions, just be sure to always stick to what YOU are convinced of, not what you are told is "probable". we are given reasoning minds for a very important reason. best of luck to you. SB
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Question from Newbie Chris Cross, JW accounting & money trail
by horrible life inthis was on another thread.
since that thread died a slow death, i thought this question from this newbie, needed to be answered.
i have an extra topic to give away.
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well, this isn't really a scandal thought, but it's food for thought for your JW friend: the bibe says not to charge your brother interest on a loan. (where that is found, i can't remember, and i don't have my handy dandy reference edition of the new world translation with me at the moment. i'm sure your friend can find this scripture - then probably argue that this reasoning is "out of contex". ha ha - they are good at that.) anyhow: the watchtower bible and tract society and subsequent corporations that make up this religion, collect donations from congregations. then say, that same congregation wants to build a kingdom hall. the "society" (watchtower organization, in case your not familiar with the "lingo"), will LOAN money to that same congregation that has been sending donations to them for years. they will then allow that congregation to pay them back in monthly payments WITH INTEREST. so, collect money from a group of people, then turn around and loan money to them with interest. it's brilliant really. not really a scandal, because it's legal. but i never understood how this was truly christian, even when i was putting my dollars in the donation boxes. SB
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When was Alaska added to US for Watchtower statistics?
by yesidid inin another thread we were reminded that the brooklyn head counters had recently added.
alaska to the us, instead on having its statistics separate in the yearbook.. could anyone tell us when this happened.
just wondering if this was the reason for the.
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Alaska's district overseer's wife died. They were sent to alaska like in the 70's to oversee the branch (in alaska, the branch overseer was also the district overseer). it's been a few years since lucy passed away, i think they probably just didn't want to send another couple to run the place. the alaska branch is just an office w/a KH attached and a house for the district/branch overseer. it's a pretty small operation.
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the unkindest cut of all?
by chickpea innever believing that a foreskin was a birth defect, i left my sons intact...( called genital integrity in some circles).
what, if anything, makes circumcision less of a mutilation than fgm?.
dont kill the questioner!!
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i saw an Oprah show a long time ago about female genital mutilation. the women remember it happening, there are no anasthetics used, and they have no sex drive. they felt distant from their mates, and felt like they were incomplete.
FGM and circumsision (sp??) in my opinion, are not even comparable.
getting your ears peirced is mutilation too...
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